The House is expected to approve President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

The bill to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending passed over the objections of Republicans who said it abdicated the legislative branch’s power of the purse.

The Senate narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s request to claw back US$9 billion ($15 billion) in foreign aid and federal funding for public broadcasting early on Thursday, handing the administration a victory in its ongoing power struggle with Congress over federal spending.